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These days, and thanks to technological advancements, speech has become deeply personal. As communication has become democratized, so have the censorship efforts. Read More.

The censorship hearing went off the rails as Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz squabbled with a Democrat. Read More.

Amazon bowed to White House pressure to suppress books that criticized the COVID-19 vaccines, House Judiciary Committee documents show. Read More.

SB 364 arrives as Democrats push the narrative that conservatives are a threat to democracy at large and election workers in particular. Read More.

Deepfakes are developing to be a real security hazard for individuals and companies, as we’ve come to the point when people can hardly believe in their eyes and ears anymore. Read More.

In January of 2022, Lulu Cheng-Meservey — at the time, vice president of Communication for Substack, though she’s since moved on to a similar role at Activision Blizzard — wrote […] Read More.

A potentially precedent-setting bill has been proposed in the Florida Senate that could redefine defamation language surrounding terms such as “transphobic,” “homophobic,” “racist,” or “sexist.” The bill, labeled SB 1780 Read More.

Guest post by Leo Hohmann – republished with permission A bipartisan group of Senators has introduced a bill to prevent the expansion of this program citing an invasion of privacy, but TSA launches it anyway Despite complaints from several members of Congress from both parties, Joe Biden’s Transportation Security Administration is moving forward with plans to expand facial-recognition technology at 430 U.S. Read More.

(The Center Square) – Former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, now serving a prison sentence for an unrelated fraud charge, violated a constituent’s constitutional rights when he Read More.

Zuckerberg was rebuked by Senator Josh Hawley who asked him to address the public gallery directly during the hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Read More.

In a pair of articles on his Racket News website, “Twitter Files” reporter Matt Taibbi uncovers corrupt, systematic, and longstanding efforts by leading Democrats to stop the election of Donald J. Trump in 2024 or, at a minimum, cripple his presidency before it can get off the ground. Read More.

Developer David Heinemeier Hansson accused Apple of implementing an 'extortion regime' by 'forcing developers to choose between App Store exclusivity and the store terms... or accept a new also-illegal anti-competitive scheme rife with new junk fees.' Read More.

X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas that will focus on fighting child abuse content. Read More.

The White House says it is “alarmed” over sexually explicit AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift circulating on social media. Read More.

The NSA’s long history of often legally sketchy mass surveillance continues, despite some of the agency’s activities getting exposed more than a decade ago by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Read More.